Civic - $1 Million free identity theft insurance, for life

@leebossio We charge companies that want to connect to consumers for ID verification. For example, if a bank wanted to verify that one of our users was really opening an account - they would pay a small fee to confirm their identity.

@vinny_lingham And how is data protected?

@leebossio right now it's best in class end to end encryption. We have a groundbreaking new architecture being unveiled in Q4 though

@vinny_lingham @leebossio When I hear "groundbreaking" and "best in class" as answers to a security question, it tends to indicate they can't answer the question--or don't want to.

@patelpriyank Think about that for a minute. Would you rather pay $10/month or would you rather I charged companies for notifying you when someone is using your information?

@vinny_lingham it seems this is your fourth company. how do i trust new startups that they won't take my data and sell it off or just vanishes like most startups. it is a private company holding my data and doing BETA testing of their business model. Meanwhile, i do not see any mention anywhere about how do you safe keep my data?

@patelpriyank all 3 previous companies are still in business. Please read our privacy policy - if you don't like it, then 99.99% of the websites out there not work for you because ours is the strictest you will probably. If you are really concerned, why not search the dark web just to make sure your data is not already there...

@melt_dem Couldn't agree more 🤓

@kverde Thanks Kevin!

@vinny_lingham @kverde Is there a way to sign up the family (wife and kids) all under one account?

@desmondduggan2 Our insurance policy is underwritten by Assurant - one of the largest global insurers.

@vinny_lingham @desmondduggan2 I've got family working there. Sounds about right.

@eriktorenberg I had been playing around with the idea of voting on the Blockchain, identity products, civic engagement and democracy at different times of the past ten years. The real moment it all came together was when I was trying to find a name for the company and the name civic came into my mind. I went to civic.com and it was actually for sale and I bought it! It brought all my ideas together under a single brand name with some real meaning!